The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-01
TECUMSEH TALKS.
Gen. Sherman at the New England
Dinner in New York.

The chairman announced that the
next toast on the list was 1.-The Presi-
dent of the United States" He had re-
ceived reply to the invitation sent to
the President, in which his secretary
expressed regret at the Presidents in
ability to be present. Judge Russell
then said: "We have one son of New
England with us this evening whom we
would like especially to honor. l give
you Health and Long Life to General
Sherman.
When the applause which followed
this toast had died away General Sher-
man, who sat on the right of Mr.. Tai
mage said:
Were 1 to do the proper thing I
would turn to the friend on my left and
simply say, answer. He has drawn a
glorious picture OF war in language
stronger and filter than | would dare to
of the society tonight, see that many
old and loved ones are gone, and l
myself feei like one of the fore
fathers. (Laughter). My first
welcome TO your midst came
at the close of the bloody civil war, now
twenty-one years gone by. l was drag
ged then unwillingly. before your So
ciety here and was so warmly received
that my heart goes out warmly to you
to night, and I wish you all the blessings
of life. l attended last night a banquet
of the Brooklyn New England Society;
at 2 o'clock this morning l found this
hall filled with young ladies, and re-
manned here some time, and here / am
again tonight. Laughter and ap-
plause. [ shall even urge the com
memoration of this day. l hope that
the words am about to utter may be
received in a kindly spirit, be they what
they may. The call was sudden one.
have no reply to the toast prepared.
I am a rover, and will not be tied down
to text or formula, and when you look
on old General Sherman, as you seem
to call him laughter. you viii find that
not all the devil is out of him yet, and
l hope that l shall be able to share with
you many such festive occasions as the
present. Whenever the sons of New
England assemble, whether here in
Delmonico's, or in Brooklyn, or in Bes-
ton, will try to be there
The subject of the civil war having
been brought forward, my memories of
, it come back to me like dream, Incl
dents are remembered of the struggle
in which / played ahumble part. One
day, away down in Georgia, somewhere
near Milledgeville, l was riding a good
horse, and had some friends along
Qaughter) quite numerous party, in
Guiding several good fellows. On the
way we came to a plantation and I dis
mounted The orderly stood by my
ho nd 7 oIlyoA y1TN tho r0CrOh Af "a
house where an old gentleman of about
60 was seated, evidently a planter of
the higher class. l asked for drink of
water. He sent boy for it, who came
back with a bucketful and dipper. l
asked for and obtained a chair. DR..
John Moore, recently appointed Sur
geOn-General of the army, was on the
porch. We drank the water, and we
may have had a little wbiskey along,
too. Then lita cigar and engaged in
conversation with the old planter. while
the army passed by on the roadway,
marching in fours.
The old gentleman watched them for
a while and, learning my rank, asked:
General, what troops are passing
now?" "That's the 73d Iowa, l re
Piled. "Seventy-thirdI'h he said. what
do you mean by SeYenty-third2 Do
you mean to say that Iowa has sent
$1,000 men to the war;" told him
that was only part of what Iowa senti
"Where is Iowa?" he asked. l gave
him the boundaries of the State, and
he remarked: "Seventy-t thous-
and men from IowaI You must have
a million men?" "About that" re-
piled. Another regiment went blythe
18th or 10Th Wisconsin, I forget which.
Then came another, Minnesota regi-
ment. When 1 told aim where it came
from he cried: Minnesota! My God,
where is Minnesota" l told him twas
a territory lying round about the
sources of the Mississippi River, which
had sent about 10, 600 men to the war,
which was all we wanted it to send.
The planter then said: I'VE must have
been a-set of fools to throw down the
gage of battle to q country we didn't
know the geography Of" The northwest
territory this man knew nothing
Of I said to him: Georgia is one of
the original thirteen States Of the
Union, but she has been standing fast
while the great Northwest has been pro-
crossing. While iowa has been. building
railroads, raising schools, and develop
ing those institutions which constitute
a States wealth, power, rnd refinement,
the old Stata OF Georgia has been lest